Short answer: No. I am not a fluent Spanish speaker ( Read more... )

We'll be taking Spanish III in the fall which means we have the entire summer to forget everything. I've already forgotten most of chapter five, for example. That's not good. And that's even though my classmates and teacher think I'm a straight-A student (ha!) and my last teacher even gave me the highest possible grade (102). (She is very big ( Read more... )

Yesterday we had our oral presentations in Spanish II, which was the last project, and thus we are now done. Whew ( Read more... )

I need three steps to learn Spanish ( Read more... )

My first Spanish class was today. At first I was a little afraid that our professor was going to be easily distracted into discussing unrelated issues. But she's okay. She does use some Spanish that she has not yet told us, but she mostly explains everything in English. And she likes to explain the actual meaning of things as opposed to just ( Read more... )

An old roommate of mine who knew several languages and also taught language courses said that flashcards are key for building your vocabulary. So I decided to do some googling and see what I'd find ( Read more... )

I was going to start Spanish classes in summer, after doing as poorly as possible without lying on any Spanish placement test. Those plans have changed ( Read more... )

One of my plans for things to do when I retire is to finally learn Spanish. I would do all the things I used to do when taking classes ( Read more... )

How do you choose a foreign language to learn? (This post is inspired by Tam who is learning a new language.)

most useful - The obvious choice is to pick the most useful language. I think it's good to know at least one spoken language, one written language, and one sign language. And generally it's good to know the ones that are most spoken in ( Read more... )

I really hate when a so-called expert doesn't get one of the big, important facts right in a presentation ( Read more... )